Birmingham Police believe someone was ‘paid to kill targeted victim’ in mass shooting that killed 4, injured 17
Published: Sep. 22, 2024 at 12:38 AM EDT | Updated: 15 minutes agoBIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham Police say four people are dead after a mass shooting in Five Points South Saturday night.
Just after 11 p.m., Birmingham Police received a call of a shooting in the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue.
Officials arrived on scene and saw two men and one woman lying unresponsive on the sidewalk. Police say the victims died at the scene.
Officer Truman Fitzgerald says a fourth victim was pronounced dead at UAB Hospital.
Birmingham Fire and Rescue reports taking eight victims to the hospital. BPD says four of them have life-threatening injuries.
Dozens of victims arrived at various hospitals across the city.
Police say there are a total of 21 gunshot victims, including the four who were killed.
The other 17 victims have injuries ranging from critical to non-life-threatening.
Police believe multiple suspects arrived at the location in a vehicle. The suspects exited the vehicle and fired multiple shots at a group of people on Magnolia Avenue before getting back in and fleeing the scene.
Detectives believe the shooting was not random and stemmed from an isolated incident where multiple victims were caught in the crossfire.
Chief Scott Thurmond says he believes someone was paid to kill the targeted victim.
Police confirmed that the weapons used were fully automatic. More than 100 shell casings were found at the scene.
They are also working to determine who the target of the shooting was.
“These mass shootings have more to do with culture than they do criminally. Mayor Randall Woodfin said it best this week...we’re seeing far too many arguments being settled by bullets . . .
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